The American Revolution

The causes of the American Revolution, from the French and Indian War, to the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, and the Coercive Acts is discussed, cul...

The tumultuous events of 1776 are discussed. George Washington becomes the commander in chief of the Continental Army. Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen...

General Washington achieves his most decisive and important victories at the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. In 1777, after the Battles of Brandywin...

Benjamin Franklin travels to Paris to get financial and military support for the American war. Encouraged by Gates’ and Arnold’s victory at Saratoga,...

At West Point, a great chain protects the Hudson River. Benedict Arnold, after many wounds, becomes military governor of Philadelphia with disastrous...

General Nathanael Greene becomes the new commander of the southern Continental Army. He and General Daniel Morgan devise a plan to defeat the British...